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Textbook Solutions for Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics

Chapter 14 Problem 25E

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Problem 25E

A 2.0 g spider is dangling at the end of a silk thread. You can make the spider bounce up and down on the thread by tapping lightly on his feet with a pencil. You soon discover that you can give the spider the largest amplitude on his little bungee cord if you tap exactly once every second. What is the spring constant of the silk thread?

Solution

Step 1 of 2:

We are going to find the spring constant of the silk thread.

The mass of the spider m = 2 g = 0.002 kg

The time period of the oscillation T = 1 s

 

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Title Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics 3 
Author Randall D. Knight
ISBN 9780321740908

A 2.0 g spider is dangling at the end of a silk thread.

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